Stamp-vending machine.



No. 888,562 PATENTED MAY 26, 1908.

' E. E. WIGZELL.

' STAMP VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 15, 1908.

Sumac won Wit" eases r placed the postage stain I EUSTACE E. WIGZELL, orLONDON, "ENGLAND-.1

To all whom it may'concem:

. Be it known that I, EUSTACE E. WIGZELL, a subset of the King of GreatBritain and Ire-' lan and resident of Billiter House, Billiter street,London, E. C., England, engineer, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Stamp-Vendin Machines, of which the following is a 'spec'cation.

I have a'plate of metal or other suitable material upon which theworking parts of this machine are mounted. On acontainer reel is woundtwo tapes in between which. are

continuous lengths. is container reel is fixed opposite two drawing anddelivery roll-v ers between which the-tapes are led, the top tapepassing round the to drawing and delivery roller and upwar s round aguide roller on to a drawing-in reel which is driven by a band off thetop drawing and delivery roller. The bottom tape-passing downwards roundthe bottom drawing and delivery roller and over a guide roller orrollers on to a drawing-in reel which is also driven by a stamps thedrawi band from the top drawing and delivery roller. The tapesare'guided intheir respective'. travels by metal troughs or channelsfixed where necessary. The bottom, drawing and delivery roller is fixedon a lever lpivoted near the roller for closing the two ro ers togetheror separating them for the purpose of char ing the machine, the'stamps'being inserte in the opening in the front of the machine (referred tohereunder) and between the two drawing and delivery rollers so that whenthe container reel is; turned round it draws in the stamps andunwindsthe tape from the two drawing-in reels.

- On the other side of the ma hine and fitted to the shaft carrying thetop rawing and de livery roller, I have a lever with ratchet wheel sothat when this lever is moved a given distance it turns the drawing anddeivery rollers pulling the tapes and revolving the reel on which thetapes are wound a space equal to the length'orfwidth of a posta e stamp,causing'one stamp only "to rotru e through an o ening (as referred to aove) in the front" of tlie'machine, where it can be detached ready foruse. Y

The lever is locked by. a bolt which can be released upon an a propriatecoin being inserted in a slot in t e machine, or a counter can beattached so that upon every stroke of the lever a point would beregistered to keep a tally of the number of stamps extracted.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed February is, 1908.Serial No. 416,151:

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Figure 1 is a side view showing the parts on one side of a divisionalframe plate and Fig. 2 is a like view showing the parts on the otherside of thesame frame plate. Like reference characters refer t likeparts In Fig.- 1 A. 's the plateuponwhich the .working parts -of themachine are mounted.

'A is the 'containerreel placed opposite the two drawin .and deliveryrollers H F, t e ta es B an O passing between these rollers de iveringthe stamps D at the front of the machine." The top tape (1 passing roundthe drawin and delivery roller H and upwards round t eguide roller 15'on to the drawing-in reel J which is driven b a band I off the drawingand delivery ro ler H, the-bottom tape B passing downwards round thedrawing roller F and the guide roller E on to the drawing-in reelK'which is worked by a band L from the drawing andjdelivery roller H.

For charging the machine. with ostage and delivery ro er F is pivoted toa lever at Pso that by slackeningout the screw M the lever can be liftedup in the slot N taldng A l sheet of drawings accompanies this 7 and thelever is pivoted the pressure if the drawingand delivery rollers H. F.The channels'on troughs for guidi the ta e or tapes are shown at O. Inig. 2 indicates the ratchet wheel with teeth atgiven distances apartequal to the length or width of a postage stain This ratchet wheel iskeyed onto ashaft which in turn is keyed at the other side of themachine to the drawing and delivery roller HJFig. 1. Over this'shaft Bthere is a loose. sleeve S with an arm U to'which a awl V is attachedand which works the rate et wheel Ke ed on the loose sleeve S. I have alever so that'when this lever is pushed for-' ward it turns the ratchetwheel Q pulling the two tapes B and C with the stamps D in between offthe container reel A so that one stamp only will protrude fromthe opemngat the front of the machine at eve stroke of the lever where it can bedetac ed ready for use.

For regulating the distanceof the travel-of s in between, the arm U onthe loose sleeve .comes against the -'sto X and on its downward motioncomes against the stop Y giving a fixed distance for its travel. ThereIS an arm T fixed on the loose sleeve S at the end of which there is aother against the stop 0 When an appro priate coin is insertedm thechute D it presses down the bolt A releasing the arm U and on the leverE being drawn down by the rod F attached to the arm U it lifts up thechute D throwing the coin over the stop C the bolt- A falling back'intoits former position,v re venting the lever W from bein moved b the armU, the boltbeing resse against the stop C Should a smal er coin bepassed through the chute D it falls through the'hole in the bolt G anddown the chute H and is 'then thrown out at the front of the'inachine.To facilitate turning the rolls H and F backward, in charging themachine: with stam s, a'vertical slide U, Fig. 2, slidably attac ed tothe frame late A, is arra ed to contact with the stu V projectingrigidly from the heel end of the pawl V when the pawl carrier formed bythe arm U is in its retracted position represented in Fig. 2, so as tolift the toe end of the pawl out of engagement with the ratchet wheel Q,and thus to free-this wheel and the shaft R and roll H which turntherewith.

It will be seen that this machine can be ada ted for postage stamps ofany face value aving now described my invention, what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a stamp vending machine, the com bination with a hand lever andmeans for the arm U and the means for turning stamps are carried,

fastening the s'amein diflerent ositionsof a pair of feed rolls betweenwhic the stamps are inserted and delivered and one of which feed rollsis movable toward and away from the other feed roll by means of saidlever, said feed rolls step by step to deliver the stam s, two tapeswhich pass around said feed rol I a reel common to both tapes and towhich one end of each tape is attached, take-up reels to which the otherends of theta es respectively are attached, means for gui ingsaid-tapes, and means for transmitting motion to said take-up reelssimultaneously from the feed roll last, named.

2. In a stamp vending machine, the combinationof a pair of feedrollsbetween which the stamps are inserted and delivered, meansfor turningsaid feed rolls includin an oscil lating p'awl'carrier movable aroumfthe shaft of one of said rolls and a ratchet wheel faston saidi shaft, aspring interacting with said pawl carrier and rendering the samenormally retracted, a pair of stops interacting alternately with a artof said pawl carrier, and means for locliing and unlockin said pawlcarrier, substantially as! herein efore specifiedf I I In witnesswhereof I have hereunto set my hand in the p resence of two witnesses,this 23rd day of January, 1908.

. g E. WIGZEL L.

Witnesses: I 1 I E. F. B. PALMER, T.'A. HALL.

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